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Drayson Racing Sets New Lightweight Electric-Car Speed Record: 204 MPH

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At the weekend, Audi''s R18 e-tron, a diesel-electric hybrid race car, took victory at the Le Mans 24-hour race. And on Tuesday, reports the BBC, a new electric land speed record was.' It''s been a good week for electric vehicles in motor sport.

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Self-driving race car comes close to human performance

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According to the BBC, a racing car driver beat the Audi TTS autonomous car by only a few seconds. Autonomous cars are continuing to prove their capabilities, after an robot-controlled model only narrowly lost out to a human-driven model during a race in California. Autonomous race car on the track in California The race, which [.].

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The Automotive Update: Risk of further automotive job cuts

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Which carmakers are struggling with the UK ZEV mandate targets?

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share), Audi (17.5% Ford is also looking to cut 800 jobs from its UK workforce, according to the BBC. Lexus is helping to boost the OEMs result, with a 20.4% Volkswagen Group ended the 10-month period with a 13.9% Models from the VW brand (11.8% 1 LCV manufacturer globally,’ the company said in a statement.

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European EV market improvement as Skoda and VW soar

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The manufacturers stock has fallen by nearly half in three months after sales in Europe dropped, the BBC reported. European success for VW Group The Audi Q4 e-tron secured seventh in January, with 4,786 units. Tesla will be hoping this new edition can reverse its decline. In fourth came the VW ID.7, 7, with a record 5,918 units.

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The Automotive Update: European Commission launches new action plan

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The tariff exemption is for cars made in North America that comply with the continents existing free trade agreement, according to the BBC. Meanwhile, Audi revealed the new A6 Avant. This allows the model to be equipped with new functions throughout its entire life cycle.